September 06, 2011

Tupelo Dress Review

Lately the offerings at Anthropologie haven't moved my mountains. But I loved the saturated blue and gold print of the Tupelo dress on so many (reviewed by Roxy and Laura, for example). So when I was in the store the other day I grabbed a size 8 to try. It was a little roomy in the waist and hips. The stretchy back panel meant that in the bust I could likely fit a 6 as well as the 8 (and possibly the 10). I like the length. The side pockets are a nice bonus. The outer layer is silk and the lining is polyester. The pleating detail at the waist is flattering. Overall this is a very cute dress. Although I do like this one, I am going to skip it for now. I have plenty of dresses and am doing my best to curb my consumption (although I haven't posted about it yet I recently purchased a new vehicle).

I look forward to seeing how the Anthro blogosphere styles this pretty print for fall! I think it will be amazing with a deep wine or cranberry colored cardigan, or some cognac knee high boots and tights. What do you think?

11 comments:

Oh I love your suggestions of how to style this dress for the Fall! I too loved it when I tried it on, but like you am trying to consume less and wear what's in my closet. With that said I just received an Anthro dress in the mail and absolutely love it! Now you've got me thinking whether I own a cranberry-colored cardigan..

heh...you lost me at knee-high cognac boots...maybe it's time to reunite with my boots! This dress is so pretty, and I definitely swoon for the silk, but every time I look at it I just remember the tessera dress from this spring- I liked the darker print!

I love the idea of autumn-ing it up with boots and cardigans, playing on that leaf motif!

Great ideas for styling this dress! I have a few sets I created on polyvore for how I'd wear this dress, here's one of them:

http://www.polyvore.com/girl_with_kaleidoscope_eyes/set?id=35965395

I liked the idea of pairing it with a rich, deep green. The dress looks stunning on you - very flattering! I just know that if I lived near and Anthro and tried it on, I'd be in love. It's so gorgeous.